The Rising Son

LET EVERYBODY HELP US GET OUT OUR HOLIDAY NUMBER President VOLUME XII. GREAT BEAUTY CONTEST HAS CLOSED! Much Thanks to Be Extended to the Overflowing Crowd at Convention Hall. The Rising Son Bows in Humble Obedience to the Will of the Great Body of Negroes. We have found you at last! The Eureka of our hope! We shall earnestly strive to retain this confidence. When we started our Beauty Contest we had no idea it would meet with such approval as it did. But last Thursday plainly told us where the hearts of the black folks laid, backing a negro paper. Too much cannot be said of the occasion, as it was one of the grandest things that ever happened. In regards to the ladies we do not think anyone was disappointed. All was satisfied. Those receiving honors among the single ladies were Bessie Patterson, Alberta Wells and Edmondia Hubbel. Among the married women were Minnie James, Frankie Glens and Phidella Mitchell. The first two leaders received, single, a silver manicuring set, valued at $25.00, German make; married, a handsome cut glass water set, valued at $25.00 cut incog del Al. Mode. Those second the same an order for a $10.00 photograph of themselves, life-size. Third, as honorable mentioned and running high. At one time the crowd became so unmanageable that Mr. N. C. Crews got up and addressed it on the Rising Son, telling the object of the contest. The editor of the Rising Son was kept busy answering questions concerning the status of the affair. There were gains in all of the names in the contest from 50 to 100 votes. If you will notice we will give you name of the first ten ladies in the married or single list in their respective order, above the list, showing where the voting began before going to the hall: MESDAMES. Bessie Patterson, first. Alberta Wells, second. Edmonia Hubbel, third. Ethelyne Wilson, fourth. Emma Collins, fifth. Maud Olden, sixth. Corrienne Bettis, seventh. Cordalia Seymour, eighth. Ida Foster, ninth. Ella Jacques, tenth. THE NEGRO PATRONS OF THE PARISIAN CLOAK COMPANY. We were glad to note last Thursday the great number of Negroes who were at the Parisian Cloak Company buying something. There were about 25 or 30 at one time. They all received a square deal and good treatment. Mr. Harsfeld, the president, sees to it that every one of them can get an equal chance for their money. What more can you ask. The Parisian Cloak Co. has become a regular advertiser of the Rising Son. Let more Negroes each day be in full attendance at this very satisfactory store. PRAISE FOR THE SUBSCRIBERS. We wish to thank our subscribers for the punctual paying of their subscriptions. We are not having any trouble at all with our subscribers paying their subscriptions and we think it should be noticed. Everyone is trying to see who is paying up the KANSAS CITY, MO.. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1907. And District of Columbia Return to the Fold. Campaign of Education Inaugurated by Supreme Chancellor Starks Adds Over Two Thousand Members to Mother Organization. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 16.—A happier set of Pythians than those in Baltimore and the State of Maryland cannot be found in the broad jurisdiction of the Supreme Lodge of N. A., S. A., E., A., A. & A. This happiness is caused by the consummation of the long pending negotiations to unite with the mother jurisdiction. No subject relating to Pythianism has been watched more closely and no question has created such universal interest as that of union. For years Supreme Chancellor S. W. Starks has worked patiently and faithfully to bring about the desired end. It required a campaign of education and this was made. When the Pythians of this jurisdiction were enlightened and shown the truth situation the work was done. Grand Chancellor Goo, A. Watty issued a call for an extra session of the Grand Lodge to meet in the city of Baltimore on October 31 to decide whether or not they would unite with the mother organization. Every lodge in the jurisdiction, including those in the District of Columbia, was representer and in addition to the duly accredited representatives there were more than five hundred interested Pythians present. Grand Chancellor Watty called the Grand Lodge to order and stated the object of the meeting to be whether or not we shall united with the Pythians of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Dr. Chas, H. Fowler, who is the Grand Medical Director of the Grand Lodge, presented a resolution to unite and moved its adoption. Without one word of discussion the vote was taken and the vote for union was unanimous. Supreme Chancellor Starks was at once notified and it was arranged to make the transfer on November 14. According to agreement the Supreme Chancellor arrived here on the morning of the 14th and was quartered at the Myrtle Hotel, of which Col. Geo. H. Carter is owner and proprietor. At 8 o'clock Thursday evening he met Grand Chancellor Watty and his cabinet, which consists of the officers of the Grand Lodge, and the final transfer was made and it was proclaimed that from that time henceforth and forevermore the Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias of the State of Maryland and DStrict of Columbia would be subordinate to the Supreme Lodge of N. A., S. A., E. A., A. & A. All matters pertaining to the working of the order were gone over carefully in order that a thorough understanding would be had? As a fitting close to the long drawn out campaign for union, Col Geo. H. Carter tendered the Supreme Chancellor, Grand Chancellor Watty and his cabination a banquet at his hotel. It was past a o'clock at his room the party reached the beautiful dining room of the Myrtle. This table was laden with all the luxuries afforded by Baltimore's splendid market. Mrs. Carter, who seems as much interested in Pythianism as the Colonel himself, assisted in making it pleasant for the guests. Those present at the banquet table were Supreme Chancellor S. W. Starks, of Charleston, W. Va., Grand Chancellor geo. A. Watty, Grand Chancellor geo. A. Watty, Vice Grand Chancellor Truly Hatchett, Grand Prelate Thaddeus Copeland, Grand Pass Chancellor Lewis E. Williams, Grand Medical Register Chas. A. Fowler Supreme Representatives Josiah Diggs, Grand Ouster Guard Jno. C Green, Sirs Jos. S. Blackwell, H. Henderson, Wm. Layton, Jno. H Hawkins, Jno. H. Booth and Col. Geo H. Carter, Chief of Staff. It is safe to say that a happier set of men never surrounded a banquet table. Supreme Chancellor Starks was particularly gratified over the result. He said this means the addition of three Grand Lodges to the roster of Grand Lodges before the next session of the Supreme Lodge. They will be as follows: Maryland, Connecticut and District of Columbia. The lodges at Hartford and Bridgeport, Conn., have united with us which gives us enough lodges for a Grand Lodge in that State. The three lodges which come to us in the District of Columbia with the five we have there make enough for a Grand Lodge there. He was outspoken in his praise of the good work done for union by Col. Geo. H. Carter, Grand Chancellor Watty, Past Grand Chancellor WilliamMs. Sirs, Henderson, Blackwell, Diggs, Strange and others. When here the Supreme Chancellor had a conference with Mrs. Lillie Jones, Grand Worthy Counsellor of the Grand Court, and Mrs. Rosie Richardson. Past Grand Worthy Counsellor relative to the transfer of that department. An extra session of the Grand Court has been called to meet on the 29th of November and the same action taken by the Grand Lodge will be taken by the Grand Court. A REPLY TO THE PITCHFORK ON JOHN LANGE AND OTHER NEGRO PROPERTY OWNERS. An article appeared in a small white magazine vilifying the Negro property owners who have bought houses in the white districts. We have always heard a hit dog will howl. There is a howl on the part of some white people because a Negro dares to buy a respectable piece of property. Now, esteemed editor of the Pitchfork, to what extent do you intend to hurt your unbridled audacity by insulting the better class of white people and the humble negro by your scathing article? Do you not know that the days of Bam are over? Do you not realize that such articles that you write insult the high class white man because you are trying to hurt the selfrespecting Negro who would try to lift up his head? Do you not know that the day has come when the Negro, as well as the white, can interpret the art of a Mendelssohn, and commune with the soul of a Wagner, and sigh for a Goethe and a Schiller, or enjoy a Paderewski? Have you stopped to think that the dull, thick headed Negro, as you would call him, has awakened to his higher self? Do you not know that your conception of a modern Negro shows your dense ignorance of progress? You said if a nigger would move in your neighborhood you would ask him over and then proceed to blow him up with a keg of powder. Perhaps that Negro would think himself too much to associate with a man of your caliber. In regard to the Langes at 912 Park avenue. In the first place they need no defense. You stated that they live at 800 Park avenue, which shows that you have no knowledge of where they live, and if you or such of your class would knock at their door they would not let you in. The Langes represent a high class type of Negroes, and in ratio and proportion to your grade in their white race and their station among the black people you are very low in the scales. Now, in regard to Mr. Boone, you have never visited his home, for down in Columbia where he lives he has as swell a residence as any of his white neighbors. You also launched on Buck Lange buying and living in a white district, and that all the white neighbors are moving at a great loss to themselves. If they are so touchy, why, let them move. Those that move are in the same class with you and Ben Tillman, Senator Carmack and Governor Vardaman. What you sow, so shall you reap. If you sow the wind, you shall reap the whirlwind. Such men of your class shall reap the whirlwind. What does your judgment of the John Lange or any of our high class Negro property owners amount to? Nothing. What do you know about refinement, culture, the high class arts and the painting of Michael Angelo? Knowledge of such high class things tend to soften a man's heart, make him more godlike, cause him to have responsive feeling for a struggling race. Robert Burns, the great poet, says: It is coming for a 'a' that and a 'a' that That man to man shall equals be For a 'a' that and a 'a' that Great Speech by Dr. W. T. Vernon. The Honorable W. T. Vernon, Register of the United States Treasury, spoke in the large auditorium of the Baptist Church at Durham, N. C., on the evening of November 26, 1907, to a crowded house. The meeting was presided over by Dr. James E. Shepard, one of the Secretaries of the International Sunday School Union who is doing special work among the Colored people. When the Register arose to speak he was greeted with great applause, which continued throughout the address. His subject was "The Negro in America." Among other things he said: "All true Americans regard with extreme satisfaction the preachments and efforts for an era of good feeling on the part of the leaders of the North and the leaders of the South." The coming together of the hitherto discordant elements in our body politic can but meet the approval of the patriotic citizens of the American Republic. While this feeling of charity for all and malice toward none is ever increasing, we must all agree that it should be sufficiently inclusive to embrace the Negro, and that it will never have accomplished its full purpose until he, a necessary part of this Republic, is the beneficiary of the same. If such a spirit is necessary to the rehabilitation of the Southland, and the building up of the Northland as it relates to the American white man with his education, wealth and power—how much more imperative it is that the Negro, the weaker race should be fostered and encouraged in the same way. The weak look to the strong, the ignorant look to the intelligent—look to them for all, leadership, light an5 justice. Justice unalloyed, justice full and free is that which the Constitution guarantees and that which will bring a better day to our country. The evidences of progress around me, the prosperity of the Negro which I have observed in the South, all convince me that there is here a spirit of mutual helpfulness between the races. This is gratifying and reassuring to those of us who desire this better era. The elimination of selfishness on the part of both races should be sought after. The economic phase of the question should not be confused with the racial phase. It may be difficult for some to always realize that race prejudice should have no part in business relations. Wherever the Negro makes himself competent and worthy his color should not bar him from remunerative employment and protection of the laws in the performance of his tasks. The better element of the white race should and do look with favor and satisfaction, upon the efforts of the sturdy progressive Negro. He in turn asks and should receive their protection from any tills which may be visited upon him because of his race. Feeling secure he will more industriously strive to be come a factor for the commercial and industrial uplift of his community. The sum total of the progress of his locality will be hindered or helped by his individual status. So then, the protection of the laws, the opportunity to thrive should be guaranteed him on the one hand and should be accepted by him on the other. This interdependence of the white man and NOTICE! NOTICE! NOTICE! The Rising Son was late on account of the fact that we wanted everybody to send in their votes in the Beauty Contest so they all could be counted. No more votes received at office. Take them to the hall. NOTICE! NOTICE!! NOTICE!!! Eugene Vaughan, formerly collector for the Rising Son, is not with the paper any longer. Please pay your subscriptions and debts to A. J. Kelso collector. NUMBER 16 the Negro must be acknowledged by all who see the right and strive for the same. I am always optimistic with regard to the final outcome of this question. The patience, industry, fidelity, hopefulness and splendid endeavor of the Negro through long generations are an earnest of the indestructibility which always counts in the lives of nations. These qualities have always made for the splendid triumph of the American white man and I believe the better natures of a people who have thus succeeded will be appealed to successfully by weaker people traveling the same pathway. It is because of this that I have faith beyond the discouragements placed before us by any who doubt the final success of the Negro. Those who advocate that the Negro should not be educated indirectly speak for more jails, more repressive laws and more crimes. To educate out of the ignoble into the noble, from the lower to the higher, from narrowness to broader vision, from badness to goodness is the supreme duty of all who see the light. Unbiased educators, statesmen and publicists of the highest order are everywhere arguing for an enlightened citizenship which will include the Negro. In a country such as ours, where bayonets do not control, where the ballot is sovereign, where law is King, our Republican form of Government is protected and secure when civic virtue of the highest order is in the ascendant. It was an inspiring sight a few days ago to see Theodore Roosevelt, the President of the United States, Andrew Carnegie, the philanthropist, James Bryce, the diplomat, and James R. Garfield, the statesman, lay aside pressing duties and weight responsibilities, to participate in the fortieth anniversary exercises of one of the great Institutions of learning where hundreds of Negro youth are being educated. The encouragement, advice and hopefulness propounded in the addresses of these great men meant for the race and nation than we can here estimate. Their philanthropic unselfishness act was but in line with the spirit of the age, which spirit is making for the amelioration of all untoward conditions and the betterment of all humanity. Such acts exhibit a lofty purpose, the outgrowth of the idea that service to others is paramount and that no man's duty is complete unless it encompasses his duty to his fellow men as well as to himself. As a race we must put ourselves at all times in harmony with this spirit. We shall be able to measure up to the same by making ourselves the highest types of manhood and womanhood. If we lay well to heart these thoughts and demand of ourselves the best that is within us, we shall raise ourselves in the estimation of all the world and prove ourselves worthy of all the best men of America will finally secure for us." The Register is delivering in all sections of the country addresses, and is working earnestly to benefit the race and serve his people. After a splendid reception tendered him by the citizens of Durham, he left to attend a meeting of the A. M. E. Conference at Wilmington, N. C., where he also spoke. DR. E. A. WALKER, AT 1419 E. 18TH HAS A NEW ADDITION TO HIS OFFICE AS STENOGRAPHER IN THE HERSO., OF MISS INEZ PAGE OF THE KANSAS STATE NORMAL. MISS PAGE ALSO DOES OUTSIDE WORK IN THIS LINE. ANYONE DESIIRING SERVICES IN THE CAPACITY OF STENOGRAPHY MAY SEE HER AT DR. E. A. WALKER'S, 1419 E. 18TH STREET The best way to safeguard what you own is not to have it worth anything. ONLY THROUGH LOVE Bv ANNE HIBBARD Katherine had been spending the afternoon at the art exhibition. When she was leaving she pushed her way through the hall, and near the door passed the same gay group who had caught her attention once before. They did not see her this time, she was sure. Louisa was eagerly criticising a picture with a tall young lady, and her brother was leaning over his pretty blonde companion with some laughing remark. No, they did not see her; she ran down the stairs, and walked quickly along the crowded thoroughfare, trying not to think. Why did she feel so hurt and angry, and so inclined to cry? Why should they have cared to recognize her—a girl in a shabby gown? It was more than a year since they had seen her, and then only for a few weeks—but they had been such good friends during that short time. True, it was in a country village, where there was no fashionable society, and boarding at the same farm house, they were thrown much together, and she was a very pleasant companion and had the knack of finding the shadiest rides, and the nooks where the blackberries grew thickest. It it had been anyone but Louisa and Dr Leigh." She checked a rising sob, and turned into a side street. It was almost deserted, and hardly half a square away was a tall young man coming toward her. She recognized him instantly, and her first impulse was to turn back. But not, he might have seen her—she would not run away. She throw her head proudly up, and looked straight before her. He might recognize her now—he was alone; but she would not see him. He was quite near now, and her heart was beating fast. Would he pass her by? "Miss Graydon!" The joyful surprise in his tone sounded very genuine, but she would not notice it. "How do you do, Dr Leigh?" she said coldly, ignoring his outstretched hand. Her expression changed. "Are you not going to shake hands with me, Miss Katherine?" She put her hand unwillingly into his. How long have you been in town? Where are you stopping?" he questioned. "I have been in town eight months," she said distinctly, "and I am boarding in South Benton street." She took especial satisfaction in naming the unfashionable quarter. Katherine was an orphan and was trying hard to cultivate her voice. She managed to make ends meet by taking pupils of her own. They walked on in silence a few minutes. They had turned into a street where the houses were tall and shabby and built close together. "And you are living down here?" he said, indicating the seemingly endless row of houses. "Alone, Miss Katherine?" "Yes, alone. My landlady and her family are very respectable and good-hearted, but hardly congenial. Yes, I am practically alone. This is the place. I can't ask you in, Dr. Leigh — I have too much consideration for your feelings. Mrs. Hawkins' front parlor is something to weep over." Now and then Katherine met Dr Leigh walking in Benton street, and he always joined her, looking surprised and pleased. She knew he worked hard at his profession, and also that the large fortune left by his father rendered it quite unnecessary. She ventured to question him once when the subject was touched upon. "I love my work," he said. "And I should not be happy idle." "But you need not be idle. There are a hundred things to interest, one and till one's time." Katherine began to look forward to these walks and talks, and to the great bunches of violets and hot house reses she often found in her room, with Murray Leigh's card attached. One day she found her washerwoman waiting for her with the plea that she would come to see her sick daughter. "I hate to bother you, miss, but she's ben cryin' for you, an' it seems like she would git better if you would come an' sing for her. She's that low-spirited she can't git well. It's that n crible la grippy, miss." So Katherine went, taking with her Leigh's lavish gift of flowers. "I can at least add a little brightness to some one else's life," she thought, and herself, felt brighter for the good it did the child. She went often after that, not knowing how often she barely missed meeting Dr. Leigh on the narrow staircase. One evening Murray Leigh stopped quietly to listen a moment at the hall-open door. When the song was finished he entered without knocking, and Katherine rose, flushed and agitated, and bade the invalid a hurried "Good night." "Wait five minutes, Miss Graydon, and I will go home with you," Leigh said. "Oh. I am not in the least timid. I will not trouble you, Dr. Leigh. Good right, Munie." She hurried through the doorway, but Leigh followed her. "If you won't wait for me, Miss Graydon," he said, blocking the passage, "I will leave my patient and go with you now." He smiled, but Katherine thought (Copyright.) he locked very determined. For a moment she hesitated, half inclined to resent his tone. Then she said: "Very well, I will wait at the street door." In a few minutes he joined her there. It was quite dark now, except for the stars that were out in force, and as they stepped out into the empy street, Katherine felt glad that she was not alone. "So you are the Dr. Leeg they regard with such reverence," she said. "My landlady said they employed some sort of quack, she thought." Leigh laughed. "And you are their Lady Bountiful. I did not dream of meeting you there, Miss Graydon." "I dare say not," she answered. "You thought such a butterfly as I would graver haunts." He looked down at her in quick surprise, for it was the first touch of bitterness he had heard from her. "You have done my patient no end of good," he said, cheerfully, ignoring her tone. "She will be up in a day or two. But I'm afraid you've given away my flowers." "Not all of them," said Katherine, glancing down at a tiny bunch of vio- A "Say You Will Marry Me, Kitty?" lets pinned on his jacket. "I am glad you've had a successful fight with that terrible la grippy." She laughed a little, but the laugh was very near to tears. "They have been doing very well since Malloy died. Dr. Leigh said. "The son is a great help to his mother, and the daughter, too, is a good little thing. They seem quite contented in their hard, narrow life. Poor things!" "I don't pity them." Katherine explained; "I envy them." "Oh, no!" said Dr. Leigh; "it surely might be worse, but I don't understand your envying them." "If you had ever been alone, you would." "Poor little girl!" muttered Leigh. His own heart was beating rapidly. At last he said in a low tone: "You need not be alone a day longer. You know that, don't you, Katherine?" Katherine almost stopped, as she turned to look at him, startled. "I know you don't care for me," he went on; "though you like me well enough in a friendly way; your manner has always made that clear. But, Katherine, I could make you care if you were my wife, and at least you would not be alone nor have that horrible drudgery of teaching. Is not that reason enough for marrying me?" "I should have to be far worse off than I am," she answered, slowly, "before I could do that. Leigh flushed. "Don't you think that is a little hard?" he said, somewhat bitterly. Then Katherine broke down, and buried her face in her handkerchief. "You misunderstood me—I am very sorry." "Then prove that you are sorry my saying you will marry me." He waited a minute and then took the hand which lay on his arm. "If you knew how I love you, dear," he said, persuasively. "Kitty—I have always longed to call you that—say you will marry me, Kitty—." "I will marry you—" "Kitty!" "Because—" She hesitated. "My darling, I don't care why! So long as you marry me, it makes no difference." "It makes a difference to me. I would never marry for the reasons you gave. I will marry you because—I love you." And though they were in the full glare of the electric light, he put his arms about her, and bent and kissed her lips. "I am the happiest follow in the world!" he said. "It is hard to believe that I am the same miserable girl who left here two hours ago," Katherine said, when she bade him "Good night." "What a wonderful difference love can make in one's life." WITH THE FUNNY FELLOWS WILLIE WISEBOY'S ORDERS. "Waiter," said the man who had been puzzling over the bill-of-fare in the get-full-quick restaurant, "what is that fellow opposite me eating so heartily?" "Hamburger steak and onions, sir." "Great Scott! but what an idiot! He'll suffer all afternoon from indigestion. What's the man next to him eating?" "Ham and eggs, sir." "He's another idiot. Anyone ought to know in this enlightened age that stuff of that kind is dangerous to eat. What's the tall fellow with the red tie eating so ravenously?" "Griddle-cakes, sir." "Griddle-cakes, eh? Well, I wouldn't want to feel as badly as he's going to in about an hour from now. Might just as well eat rubber as those things. That old gentleman next to him is apparently relishing something." "Pigs' knuckles and sauer krant, sir." "The old know-nothing! Pigs' knuckles and sauer krant! Why, he's liable to drop dead before he gets back to the office. Why don't people read up a bit on what they should eat, and not order stuff simply because it tastes good? It's no wonder you see a long list of deaths in the paper every morning." "What are you going to have to-day, sir?" "You may bring me lobster salad and a dish of ice cream."—Judge. CHEAP HEAT. A man in a uniform is standing in front of a door, holding a key in his hand. A woman in a dress is standing in front of the door, looking at him with a smile. Prospective Boarder—How is the room heated? Landlady—By the solar system—the sun shines in the front windows three hours every day.—Brooklyn Eagle. Ancient References. Lady (to applicant for position as domestic)—My goodness! This reference is signed by Mrs. Upton. Applicant—Yis, mum—she signed it herself, mum, after I'd been there a wake, mum. "But Mrs. Upton has been dead for 20 years." "Is that so? Wull! wull! it's wan place afther another Olve been gettin' on that character-ter fur 25 years an' Ol never heard before that the poor leddy was dead. Heaven rest her soul!"—N. Y. Weekly. A Mistake. "He said I had no manners." "He's dead wrong. You have a lot of the worst manners I ever saw."— Cleveland Leader. SO NOW. "What a lot of gowns for a short trip! And I told you especially to be economical!" "Well, I got a second-hand time-table!"—Eleene Witzblatt. HOPE ON. When clouds are low and nights are black. And starless grows the weary track, Hope on! for some day skies of blue Will bend and light the way for you. When old the world and gray the day, And weary grows the toilsome way, Hope on, hold fast, in your despair. For skies will some day blossom fair. Hope on, and build your castles strong— Have faith, although the road be long. The sun will soon come drifting through, And blue skies light the way for you! —Milwaukee Sentinel. COULDN'T CATCH THE DOCTOR. POLICE Dedhed—Here, I say, doctor, what kind of medicine will cure my cold? Dr. Smart ←The kind I prescribe Eao. Jones—What is Newlywed Bigghedd looking so glum about? Smith—Why, the gipsy fortune-teller just told his wife that she would have two husbands, and that the second one would be a very fine sort of a man. Jones—Ha ha! And Bigghedd thinks that is a reflection on him, I suppose? Smith—Oh, no! He thinks his wife must have been married before, and never told him. Precocious. "Thumper occasionally says things that are wonderfully apropos," said one statesman. "Yes," answered the other; "he's like our parrot at home. It doesn't know much, but what it does know it keeps repeating until some circumstance arises that makes the remark seem marvelously apt." DEDUCTION. Alice—I rather like that young Thompson. He has such a good, firm mouth and chin. Hazel—Goodness! Has he been kissing you, too?—Chicago Journal. No Sense of Humor: Little Bobby was entertaining Mr. Geezer while Miss Flipper was upstairs adjusting her black hair and giving her face a few final dabs with the powder puff. "My sister says you ain't got no idea of humor," said Bobby. "Indeed!" Mr. Geezer returned, "when did she say that?" "Just after you was you the last time. She said she saw you lookin' at yourself in the mirror and you never laffed wunst." What It Means. "Pa, what does it mean when it says that a man has filed a crossbill?" "it means, my boy, that he has taken advantage of his first opportunity to talk back."—Detroit Free Press. EARLY RISING IS CONDEMNED. A Habit Which May Severely Tax the Vital Powers. There is no adequate support for the impression that the early morning hours are in any way more wholesome or healthy than later periods of the day. Except in summer time they are apt to be damp, foggy, chilly and among the least desirable hours of daylight. It is quite true that during the summer there is a sense of exhilaration about being abroad in these early morning hours, but this evaporates with the dew and is apt to be succeeded by a corresponding depression and loss of working power later in the day. I have been observing my friends and patients for the past 20 years in this respect, and am inclined to the opinion that not a little of the depression and nervousness which commonly develop in hot weather is due to excessive exposure to light, from habits of early rising, inherited from agricultural ancestors, not counteracted by three to four hours' rest in darkened rooms in the middle of the day. Secondly, that the exhilaration experienced during the early morning hours is an expensive luxury which has to be paid for later in the day. In fact, I have found that as a general rule, to put it very roughly, the business or professional man who rises an hour before 7:30 or 8, goes to bed, or loses his working power, an hour and a half earlier in the evening. Each individual has in the beginning of his day about so much working power stored up in his brain and muscle cells. If he uses this up with great rapidity in the early morning hours he naturally exhausts his stock the sooner in the afternoon. It is largely a matter of when a man wishes to be at his best. If his occupation is of such a character that he can clear off the brunt of his work in the early morning hours, then let him rise early. If on the other hand he requires full vigor and readiness of mind and body in the latter part of the day, or at night, then he must rise later to get it. Even in pure muscle work it is false economy to work too long hours.—American Magazine. Gold Nugget Worth About $900 Gold Nugget Worth About $500. The largest nugget ever brought out of the Copper river district is lodged in the safe of the Arlington hotel. The nugget is the property of Dan Kain, who made a rich strike in the Shushinta district. Kain brought the nugget down with him from Alaska, together with a considerable number of smaller nuggets and gold dust, estimated at various amounts running into the hundred's of thousands of dollars by Kain's acquaintances, but the exact amount of which Kain refuses to disclose. This particular nugget weighs 51 ounces, and is pronounced by those who have seen it to be one of the handsomest ever brought out of Alaska. Kain estimates it to be worth about $18 an ounce, which would bring its value to something over $900.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Too Late. Marshall P. Wilder, the noted humorist, told a stuttering story at a dinner in Chicago. "I hate stuttering stories as a rule," he said, "but this one is rather good. It is about two blacksmiths, both stutterers. The first snatched up a red-hot hump of iron from the forge, rushed with it to the anvil, and then began this conversation: "N-n-now th-th-then, st-strike! Qu-quickly!" "W-w-where shall I s-strike?" "J-jjust at the end. H-h-hurry up." "Th-th-this end?" "Yes, of c-c-course. Mind you hit n-s-straight." "All r-r-right. N-n-now! Shall I l-l-let her g-g-go?" "N-n—you f-fool, the iron's c-c-old." Oil Well Pays Preacher's Salary. A few years ago Rev. George Wood Anderson organized the Epworth, Episcopal church, and later secured sufficient funds to erect a modern stone structure. Knowing there was oil about Lima, he conceived the idea of boring a well in the church's back lot. A subscription paper was passed, $1,200 was pledged to make up losses if they came, and Rev. Mr. Anderson started his oil well. It proved a small type gusher, and ever since the oil well, operated daily by a gas engine, which also operates the church heating and lighting plant, has been pouring out sufficient crude oil to not only pay the minister's salary and all other church expenses, but to make up a bank account big enough to build the church over again.—Lima Cor. Columbus Dispatch. Human Nature. "Good morning, parson." "Good morning, deacon. As I was coming along just now I saw a fight between a brindle bulldog and a masstiff. And, upon my word, deacon, more than 50 men were standing around. How can people take an interest in such things?" "I dunno, parson. Which dawg won?" Trouble in the Jungle. "What's the row here?" demanded the elephant. "The monkey has just given the giraffe a shave and a halcrot," explained the other animals. "The giraffe is insisting on having his neck shaved for nothing, and the monkey won't stand for it." WESTERN CANADA A WINNER THE CROP OF 1907 IS AN EXCEL- LENT ONE. Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Farmers Doing Well. The interest that Western Canada has aroused for some years past is growing in intensity. The conditions of the crop of 1907 are such that results can be spoken of with some degree of certainty. The yield of grain will be about 80,000,000 bushels and the price the farmers will realize for it will be upwards of seventy million dollars. The oat crop was good in most places, and the crop of barley will be very remunerative. Those who know of the generally unsatisfactory conditions during the seeding, growing and ripening period in the United States during the past season, will look with righteous distrust on any statement intended to give the impression that Western Canada conditions were so much different. Generally, they were not, but the conditions of a highly recuperative soil, long and continuous sunshine, are conditions possessed by Western Canada and not possessed by any other country on the Continent. This is why it is possible to record today a fairly successful crop, when in most other places the opposite is the case. The yield in all grains is less than last year, but the higher prices obtained more than offset any falling off in the yield. Take for instance the Province of Saskatchewan the wheat crop will be worth $21,135,000. Last year the same crop was 35 per cent. larger and the quality better. The yield was worth $4,000,000. Oats and barley are very important factors in all three central Provinces. At Gladstone, Manitoba, returns from one farm were $27 per acre from the wheat land, $35 per acre from oats, and $30 per acre from barley. The yield of wheat at Dauphin, Manitoba, was 20 to 24 bushels to the acre but not of a very good grade, but the yield of barley in that section was good and so was the quality and price. At Meadow Lea, Manitoba, 15 to 20 bushels to the acre were thrashed, bringing a round dollar on the market. At Oak Lake, Manitoba, on some fields where 21 bushels were expected, twelve and fifteen was the result; others again where twenty was looked for gave twenty-two to twenty-five. One special patch south of town on J. M. McFarlane's farm went as high as thirty bushels to the acre. At Sheho, Saskatchewan, oats yielded from 60 to 65 bushels to the acre. Sam Wunder threshed 2,500 bushels from forty acres. The sample is good and weighs well. At Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, W. Bibby threshed 97 bushels of oats to the acre, and two others were but little behind. Wheat here reached 35 bushels. At Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, from a quarter section all in crop, Alex McKinnon of Ingleside threshed an average of 33 bushels No. 1 Northern. I. J. Grant had 190 acres, yielding 6,000 bushels of the same grade. These illustrations taken from widely distant districts (and thousands of others could be produced) show that the year 1907 has not felt the serious effects from severe winter, late spring, or unfavorable conditions during the growing season that might have been anticipated. In order to learn more about this country write to the Canadian Government Agent whose address appears elsewhere, and get a copy of the new Last Best West, which he will be pleased to mail you free. A Relief. Smith started up into a sitting posture. "Who are you?" he cried. The masked figure with the dark lantern and sawed-off shotgun turned, nonplussed for the moment, from the bureau, and said, confusedly: "Why, I am a—er—burglar." Smith settled back upon the pillow, drawing the warm coverlets about his shoulders. "Thank goodness," he murmured, sleepily: "I thought you were a plumber." Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain Mercury. Lightning Photographed Vase. During a thunderstorm a remarkable incident happened at a house near Deal, England, the lightning imprinting a perfect photograph of a flower vase on a mirror before which it stood. Those Delicious Lemon Pies. The kind that "make your mouth water" are easily made with no fussing and at least possible expense if you use "OUR-PIE." Prepare lace, lace balcony. Try it and tell your friends. At grocers 10 cents. Everybody is pleased with "OUR-PIE." Paradoxical though it may seem, the light bills rendered by an illuminating company are usually heavy. ALL UP-TO-DATE HOUSEKEELERS Use Red Cross Ball Blue. It makes clothes clean and sweet as when new. All grocers. The thrifty housewife never attains perfection, for she is always mending. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5e cigar made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your dealer or Lewis' Factory, Peoria, Ill. Much that passes for patience is simply laziness Opposed In Topeka. Topeka lawyers are opposing the proposed plan of Congressman Scott to have congress compel the maintenance of clerks and deputies at the federal court offices in Kansas City. This would mean that George F. Sharitt, clerk of the circuit court, and Morton Albaugh, clerk of the district court, would both have to move there. It is said that Judge Pollock has for some time contemplated anyway to remove to Kansas City and make his home there. The Record Apple Crop Up to Date. The Record Apple Crop Up to Date. F. B. Elliott, the man who hands out insurance, must have taken out a little insurance on his apple crop. Notwithstanding the total failure of the fruit crop this season, Mr. Elliott has gathered 26 bushels of nice Geniton apples from his farm across the Blue from Manhattan. We have heard reports of a few apples here and there, but 26 bushels is the largest quantity so far reported in this part of the state. General Godfrey Quits Fort Riley. General Edward S. Godfrey, who was retired in October, has left Fort Riley for the East to make his home. He and Mrs. Godfrey were escorted to their train by the band and a squadron of the Seventh cavalry and as their train left Fort Riley a brigadier general's salute of 11 guns was fired. General Godfrey had been in command of Fort Riley for the past five years, and had been in the service since 1867. To Improve Cemetery. Through the influence of Congressman Scott, the war department has decided to spend $1,400 in repairing the drives and walks within the national cemetery at Fort Scott. The quartermaster at St. Louis has been directed to prepare the necessary plans and specifications and advertise for bids to have the work done. The advertisement will probably be published about the first of the year. The Fort Scott cemetery has been in a deplorable condition for some time. Kansas City's Loss. E. F. Bisbee, the popular general agent of the Burlington railroad at Kansas City, has resigned to take the position of traffic manager for the Nelson Morris Packing company with headquarters at Chicago. Mr. Bisbee has many friends throughout the West who will rejoice at his success while deploring his absence from their deity. Stafford County Farmers Meet. The first farmers' institute in Stafford county was held at St. John with over 600 people in attendance. Mr. H. Miller and Miss Henrietta Calern of the Agricultural college were present. A permanent institute was organized with W. R. Gorman president, Frank Gilmore, secretary, and J. E. Guyer, vice president. Captain Haskell of Lawrence Dead. Captain John G. Haskell died at his home in Lawrence after an illness of a month. Captain Haskell had been in Kansas affairs since 1857, when he arrived in the territory. He was state architect for several terms and held other positions of importance. He was a brother of the late Dudley C. Haskell. Beginning on Time. The Concordia Blade is agitating a union depot for that town. It has evidently decided, after watching the Kansas City comedy, to begin early. Objects to "Stringency." The Emporia Gazette pleads for someone to please take the hateful word "stringency" out into the woods and kill it. Long Seeks Guidance: Senator Long is sending a letter to bankers and business men in Kansas asking for expressions as to needed legislation touching upon the financial situation. He declares that he has received many telegrams and letters asking him to urge President Roosevelt to convene a special session of congress. Grand Jury for Topeka. Topeka is to have a grand jury to investigate alleged sewer "grafts." City Attorney Drenning declares that he has found many instances of poorly and misconstructed sewers in Topeka and to that end urges that a grand jury be called. Six hundred signers were secured to a petition. Smith county is boasting that it has not a single criminal case booked for trial at its December term of court. New York Should Take Notice. "Stringency" item: A new bank was started in independence recently. New York, N. Y., papers, please copy. Suicide Near Conway Springs John Lebo, a young farmer who has lived on various farms near Conway Springs for several years, committed suicide by shooting himself through the head with a 44-calibre revolver. Poor health is assigned as the cause of the act. More Said the Better If President Roosevelt hands the Paper trust what is coming to it the Republican City News assures him that it won't care how long he makes his next message. REAL CAUSE FOR GLADNESS. How Young Lawyer Carried Comfort to Convicted Client. An amusing story is told by Harper's Weekly at the expense of a prominent Baltimore lawyer, who, like most young attorneys, got his first case by assignment from the bench. His client had been indicted for murder, and his conviction was a foregone conclusion, as his guilt was unquestionable. The result of the trial was a sentence to be hanged; but the man made an appeal to the governor for a pardon and was anxiously awaiting a reply thereto when his lawyer visited him in his cell. "I got good news for you—very good news!" the young lawyer said, grasping the man's hand. "Did the governor—is it a pardon?" the man exclaimed lovingly. "Well, no. The fact is the governor refuses to interfere. But an uncle of yours has died and left you $200, and you will have the satisfaction of knowing that your lawyer got paid, you know," was the comforting explanation. BABY ITCHED TERRIBLY. Face and Neck Covered with Inflamed Skin—Doctors No Avail—Cured by Cuticura Remedies. "My baby's face and neck were covered with itching skin similar to eczema, and she suffered terribly for over a year. I took her to a number of doctors, and also to different colleges, to no avail. Then Cuticura Remedies were recommended to me by Miss G—I did not use it at first, as I had tried so many other remedies without any favorable results. At last I tried Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Resolvent Pills, and to my surprise noticed an improvement. After using three boxes of the Cuticura Ointment, together with the Soap and Pills, I am pleased to say she is altogether a different child and the picture of health. Mrs. A. C. Brestlin, 171 N. Lincoln St., Chicago, Ill., Oct. 20 and 30, 1906." Nut Growing Industry of the South. "Nut growing is a comparatively new industry in the south Atlantic and Gulf states, but it promises to develop into one of the most important in that section," said J. Z. Reid, a prosperous planter of Florida. "The most popular nut is the pecan, and its popularity is probably due to the development of systematic methods of grading it and cracking it with machinery operated by steam or electric power. This makes possible the marketing of the meats of the nut ready for use. "The demand is always much greater than the supply and many planters are now turning their attention to the nut raising industry. It is not uncommon for a tree to bear as high as 200 pounds of nuts in one season and most of these sell at from 60 to 70 cents a pound. It does not require much figuring to show that the pecan orchards which abound in some sections are paying investments." Beliably Informed "It must be lovely to be a successful playwright," she said, looking admiringly at him, "isn't it?" "It is," said he, trying not to seem proud. "I understand," she went on softly, "that you had a play last winter that ran for one consecutive night. Was that true?" "Yes," said he, frowning slightly. "Yes," said he, frowning slightly. "And I have been told," she continued, "that seven of your plays will be produced this winter." "Who told you that?" he asked, his face all smiles again. "You did," she said. He Was Grateful. David, a boy of four, was being taught to express thanks when the occasion demanded. When he neglected to do so the other members of the family would ask: "What do you say, David?" which would always bring forth the desired results. One evening recently David and the young man who is to marry his sister were sitting on the front porch. "Well, David," said the young man, "I guess I'll marry Sue and take her away. What do you say?" "Thank you," returned the boy politely. WHAT WAS IT The Woman Feared? What a comfort to find it is not "the awful thing" feared, but only chronic indigestion, which proper food can relieve. A woman in Ohio says: "I was troubled for years with indigestion and chronic constipation. At times I would have such a gnawing in my stomach that I actually feared I had a—I dislike to write or even think of what I feared. "Seeing an account of Grape-Nuts I decided to try it. 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I spent the 21st 23rd and 23d of this February on the ranch, and during those three days I drove not less than 125 miles and visited every pasture on the ranch, and examined the property as thoroughly as it was possible to do within that time. I saw every artesian well on the ranch except the one in the Hall pasture. I was near it and could have seen it running back, but I had already arrived on the ranch, and not take the car to go back. I took your booklet, 'New Home Sweet Home' with me and I compared the pictures in it with what I saw, and I found them absolutely correct. I drank water at all the wells I saw, and the water was good for drinking and all other purposes in all of them except the gas well. I did not like it very well, but I have tasted a great deal worse water. I am sure it is good for all stock and irrigation purposes. I saw the cattle drink it, and they seem to be thriving on it. I put a match to the gas well and it began to flow. 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The patency and curative qualities of the article are wonderful. It will stop the toothache at once and relieve Head ache and Salutation. We recommend it at the tent and sale external counter- irritant known, also as an external remedy for pain in the cheek and stomach and all Rheumatic, Neuralgic and Gory complaints. A trial will prove what we claim for it, and it will be found to be invaluable in the non-scholl and for children. Once used no family will be without it. Many people say "it is the best of all your preparations!" Accept no preparation of vaseline unless the same carrier our label, as otherwise it is not genuine. Send your address and we will mail our Vaseline Booklet describing our preparations which will interest you. 17 State St. CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. New York City If your present work is a failure, better try mine; I pay $3.00 per day, in cash, for good work. Details cost you nothing. ATKINSON, 1024 Race St., Philadelphia. 20 Mule Team BORAX Alldealers. Sample Booklet and Patio Carpet. SS DYES for cold water better than any other die. You can do E DRUG CO., Quincy, Illinois DEFIANCE Dr. C. F. Simmons, San Antonio, Texas. W. N. U., Kansas City, No. 48, 1907. ART COLOR ETCHED AND ENGRAVED Discouraged? WM. T. WASHINGTON, Editor and Owner. Office, 914 E. Twelfth St. Published Every Week RISING SON PUB. CO. WILSON DAWSON. Business Manager. Bell 'Phone 780 Grand Home 'Phone 780 Main SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ADVERTISING RATES. For one inch, one insertion ..... $ .50 For one inch, each subsequent in serion ..... $ .20 For two inches, three months ..... $ .50 For two inches, five months ..... $ .50 For two inches, twelve months ..... $ .50 For two inches, twelve months ..... $ .50 Oldest Negro Journal In Kansas City The paid circulation of THE RISING SON is more than double the combined circulation of all the other Kansas City Colored weekly newspapers. Paul Crosswaite is up from his sick spell going to school. Mr. Kelso is making good as collector of Rising Son, because the people are paying him. The Pitchfork got it in the neck with its own weapon. Sometimes weapons are too dangerous to wield. Two men are recounting the ballots so we can give in next week's issue the exact amount of votes received by each. Mrs. Silonie C. Yates is in from Jefferson City. She is looking fine and gives a favorable report of Lincoln Institute. Mr. S. L. Daily is certainly serving a first class meal for 15 cents at 4:32 East Eighteenth. Read what he had for Thanksgiving. Eat at those places where you can get fat. Woodie Jacobs, Wendel Green, E. J. McCampbell, Mabel Emery and Josephine Yates were all up from their respective schools visiting friends and parents. DOWN IN A MIGHTY DEFEAT. The heretofore invincible Tigers of Lincoln High school went down to a mighty defeat before the Summer High school boys of Kansas. Score, 16 to 5. Brace up. Mr. Editor: Allow space in your paper for me to speak of the splendid Thanksgiving dinner I had at Mr. S. L. Daily's restaurant. He puts up one of the best meals in town and the menu of his Thanksgiving dinner was entirely carried out. GEO. JOHNSON. A Subscriber and Reader of the Son. TAYLOR STUDIO COUPON. Address 11th and Charlotte This is good for one photograph for M..... who has paid one year's subscription. Signed ..... Mgr. Rising Son. Not good unless signed. Names of married ladies in the Beauty Contest. Mesdames: A MORAL LESSON FOR THE YOUNG MEN AND GIRLS OF THE COMMUNITY. The small incident which happened last week in the arrest of David Foster, Cleve Penn, Mamie Roberts, and Eva Barton serve as an object lesson to all the young people of the community. True there may not be so much in it as was first conceived, but people living in open adultery before the community and all such helps to degrade our race and bring it down. The young people are hardly to blame. It rests with the older class to do something about it. Oak street from Tenth north to Sixth has some very questionable houses along there. They should be investigated and a knowledge of them brought to the chief of police. In fact such rooming houses should be closed. Let us close them. The editor of the Son knowing the young girls went down to the police station and pleaded with the chief to release them, the plea which was granted. Not though until the Watts and Burton girls had been in jail for two nights and two days and after they had gone through a rigid examination. Let something be done about this deplorable state of affairs. All the judges in the Beauty Contest will be announced in the next issue. DEDICATE LODGE HALL. Gopher Lodge No. 105 Moves Into New Quarters on Third Street. Several hundred men and women attended the dedication of the new hall of the Improved Order of Elks at 126 East Third street last night. The rooms are elaborately furnished and include the main meeting hall, a reception parlor, a dining room, kitchen and two ante-rooms. Gopher Lodge 105 was organized only a year ago and has 250 members and $1,000 in the treasury. The lodge has the next annual convention of the order for St. Paul in 1908. The meeting was presided over by T. H. Lyle, the exalted ruler. Sam D. Thompson, in his address, said that Gopher lodge has made wonderful strides in a single year. It has expended $1,200, furnished its new hall and enrolled many members. He said that the annual convention of the grand lodge will bring thousands to St. Paul next year. Mrs. Laura B. Hickman extolled the efforts of the men at the head of the new lodge in St. Paul. Mrs. T. H. Lyle spoke of John Brown, President Lincoln, Fred Douglass and Booker; Washington that was loudly cheered. P. L. McGhee, T. H. Lyle, G. W. Hobert, R. W. Wilborn, Rev. M. Graves, Joe Gans, the champion puglist, and others addressed the meeting. Vocal and instrumental selections were rendered by Mr. and Mrs, T. H. Lyle, Mrs. Addie Crawford Miner and others after a banquet was served. The affair was under the management of T. H. Lyle, Dr. V. D. Turner Dr. H. L. Williams, Dr. W. D. Bloom, L. J. Hirschfield, R. M. Johnson, C. Hall, Thomas R. Morgan, Rev. W. D. Carter, R. Brooks, Sam D. Thompson T. H. Williams, A. K. Clark, Richard Farr, J. A. Smith, J. A. Coquier, J. Thomas and G. E. Pickett. PROF, C. E. STARR HAS DECIDED TO BE WITH US AGAIN. Prof. Starr, an old acquaintance of Kansas City, has decided to locate with us again. You know Starr? Don't you remember when he taught at Quindaro in the manual training department, and since then Mr. Starr has taught his trade in some of the most prominent schools in the country. He was at Langston university and summer high school, besides teaching for years at Western university. Mr. Starr is prepared to serve you now in the plumbing business. Look at his large ad. in the Rising Sion. It will explain all. Patronize Mr. Starr, as he is promoting Negro industries. The people must of necessity look at the "ad" of the Keystone Tailors, which is running in this paper. Mr. P. C. Morris, the manager of the place has always managed to give the Negro a square deal who patronizes his store. Always help those enterprises who help the Negro papers. We wish to comment on the fact that the Negroes are getting better places to live in. We are especially mentioning the Henderson Place at 18th and Tracy. it is in a good community, the High School is near its vicinity which helps to raise its standard of living. One thing of which we wish to speak that the Negroes must be more careful in these houses. They must not be such destroyers. They should be very careful how they handle other people's property, as these houses are erected at a great cost and should be better cared for. HIGHDEGREE MASONS MEET. The ancient and accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the southern jurisdiction, known as the supreme council, met the 4th week of October at Washington, D.C. It was the climax of all previous sessions. It was more largely and better attended than it had ever been before, and more important business was transacted. Nearly every member of the Supreme Council was present. During the session fifteen subline princes (32 degrees Mason) were promoted to Grand inspector General (33 degrees) Among them was A. Frank Neal of Kansas City Citysell: E. S. Baker 33 degree, was the representative from Kansas City Consistory No. 7. He was royally entertained. He was elected to the third highest office in the Supreme Council, Grand Minister of State, which was indeed a great honor. There was one higher office to which he could be elected, that of Sovereign Grand Commander. This office sustains the same relation to the Supreme Council that the office of Grand Master sustains to the Blue Lodge. For several years sell. Baker has been a zealous and faithful worker in the fraternity, especially in the Scottish Rite body. He is at present also deputy for the Kansas City Valley. Kansas City, Oklahoma and a principal city in Georgia have invited the Supreme Council next year. It is not likely that it will come to Kansas City before 1960. It meets in Washington every third year, holding its triennial session. J. FRANKLIN GRAIG. The Beauty Contestants who have noticed typographical errors in the number of votes they have received shall have it rectified in the next issue and we shall be very pleased to note any error in the votes of leaving out the names. Caterers' Cafe The New Idea A strictly up-to-date place to carry your company. Prompt acommodation. First-class service. Open all night. After-Theatre Lunches a specialty. MANAGERS---Wm. James, Al. Grimes. 1223 Baltimore Ave The Rising Son compliments Dr. Smith, chairman of the judges, for his able management of the Beauty Contest. It is a hard thing to be able to manage such a crowd with which he had to contend, which showed his generalship. FURNISHED ROOMS FOR RENT STEAM HEATED. 1108 HIGHLAND, 3rd FLOOR. STATEMENT OF FACTS We Positively Guarantee Our $10 SUITS and CRAVENETTES To be equal to any $18 garmest sold in Kansas City. STYLE, QUALITY, FIT AND FINISH IT'S ALL HERE! That's the place where you bought that $3 HAT for $1.50 Same great values in our Suits. Come and Have a Look The LID 308 E. 12th St. BELL PHONE AMERICAN BEAU MEALS AT ALL HOUSE Mrs. M. D. 1510 E. 14th St., Caterers' Cau A strictly up-to-date place Prompt acommodation Open all night. After- cialty. MANAGERS---Wr THE SCHEDULE WAS NOT QUITE CARRIED OUT The programme of the Beauty Contest was carried out in all of its wholeness with the exception that Dr. Theo. Smith, the druggist, was supposed to march with the leading married lady, but on account of a sudden business engagement he could not get there in time. Dr. Smith, as chairman of the judges, expressed himself, when seen by a reporter of Son, as highly pleased with the termination of the affair. The judges all carried out the programme satisfactorily. The judges were: Dr. Theo. Smith, chairman. Dr. E. C. Bunch. Dr. J. H. Chizzelle. Dr. J. E. Dibble. Watch next week's issue. Great things are coming. Let everybody join in and help to make this paper a successful newsy journal. Come let us all pull up the hill and not down. WANTED! WANTED! A QUIET COUPLE TO RENT A COTTAGE IN A DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD. COTTAGE IS COMPLETELY FURNISHED. NO ONE WITH CHILDREN DESIRED; $8 PER MONTH. CALL AT OFFICE OF RISING SON, 914 E. 12TH ST. Importance. "What makes you regard your money as a thing of so much importance?" asked the somewhat cynical man." "The eagerness of so many people to get some of it away from me," answered Mr. Dustin Stax. BIG CLOTHING SALE Men's Suits and Overcoats Drummers' Samples These goods represent one of the best makers of high grade Clothing in the country, and are all of this season's make. Were actually made to sell for Come early and get one of the biggest bargains ever offered in Kansas City. 1324 GRAND AVENUE A handsome crayon photograph worth about $10.00 will be given free of charge by Mr. H. Sanches, of the Taylor Studio Company to the two winners in the beauty contest, married and single ladies. Studio at 11th and Charlotte. Lawyer W. C. Hueston will address the audience at Convention Hall Thanksgiving night. He will make the presentation speech to the most beautiful married lady and the most beautiful single lady. Come out and hear him as he is an orator of some note and ability. Well the stock of Dr. Dibble has raised 90 per cent, because of his mainly stand in refusing to allow his supporters to bring charges against his opponent. This is one of the special reasons why we are supporting him because he is a gentleman and satisfactory to all. Anyone desiring Coupons for the Beauty Contest can write for same to 914 E. 12th st., and enclose price for amount of coupons wanted. 1324 GRAND AVE. WE CARRY A EULL LINE OF Groceries and Fresh Meats Vegetables in Season Orders solicited and delivered. J. L. MATSON, 19th and Grove BELL PHONE, GRAND 1417X SHOES AND RUBBERS Save a dollar on every pair of Shoes. The $2.00 and $300 Shoe Store for the latest styles in all leathers for women and men. DOLLAR OFF SHOE STORE 111 W. NINTH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MO. Condensed Official Statement of the Condition of the FERNANDO P. NEAL. Vice President. W. H. SEEGER. Second Vice President. Directors: C. W, Whitehead, Edward George, L. T. James, C. J. Schmelzer, J. P. Merrill, O. H. Dean, George W. Jones, Lee Clark, George D. Ford, W. D. Johnson, Felix L. LaForce, David T. Beals, Fernando P. Neal, William H. Seegar, Edwin W. Zea. WILSON DAWSON, Business Mgr. A. J. KELSO, Secretary and Stenographer. Remember please— It's the little bits we collect here and there hat enables us to run from year to year." All announcements and notices are ten cents per line. LOCALS. It is to be sadly deplored that a reporter of the National Mirror tried to force his way into Convention hall by pretending to be on the Rising Son. All of our men are recognized by their badges. They at first thought Mr. Vaughan was still working for us, but when the gate keeper asked the manager of the Son he told him he was not. To the public: Allow no one in any concert or dance without proper credentials. C. H. Calloway has gone to Tennessee to be at the bedside of his sick uncle. TWO NEAT FURNISHED ROOMS, WITH GAS, BATH AND HEAT. CALL 628 TRACY. BELL PHONE 3427 Y MAIN. Edward S. Lewis, grand master of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, returned Wednesday from St. Louis, where he has spent the last two weeks paying an official visit to the eleven lodges of that city. On Wednesday of last week he was tendered a reception at Odd Fellows building, 2923 Morgan St., by Perseverance Lodge No. 1765, which has a membership of 137 financial members and has a bank account of $1,665. He reports a large increase in membership and finances over one year ago. Mr. F. L. Lewis, President of the B. Y. P. U., has worked up an interesting union in the Pleasant Green Baptist church, and has a large attendance. We want it understood that the Son is at peace with everybody and everything. And any articles or extracts appearing in this paper or news matters come under the form of announcements and notices. See comment on announcements. Look at Geo. O'bee's large "ad" in the Son and he should get some consideration along that line. Mrs. Florence Hackman and her two children, of Denver, Col., are visiting Mrs. Conwell of 1022 Virginia avenue. Miss Alice Lanee of 1322 Pacifi street, has been suffering with a severe cold for two weeks and has been unable to attend school. She is very much improved. Mr. A. J. Kelso, a student of Lincoln High school, and a very bright and industrious young man, is now with the Rising Son as collector. Please pay him your bills and encourage the young man, and help us also to build up a great, broad and expanding Negro journal. Pay Mr. Kelso your subscriptions to the Rising Son. Capt. Thompkins, an old resident citizen of Kansas City, is here from Chicago visiting friends. Mr. C. H. Countee of Countee Bros. undertakers, is back among his friends after completing a course in embalming. Mrs. Emma McRay and Mrs. Adrian Smith gave an afternoon luncheon after matinee at the Baltimore Cafe, 1223 Baltimore avenue. FOR NEAT FURNISHED ROOMS CALL AT 1910 GROVE ST., MRS. JOHNSON. FOR YOUNG MEN ONLY. Mr. Clay Brassfield of 2314 Vine street was thrown from an Eighteenth street car and severely hurt. He is improving rapidly. Dr. J. N. Birch is his attending physician. Mrs. Minnie Little and Mrs. Lulu Robinson of Warrensburg, Mo., are in town doing some shopping. They are visiting Mrs. Ellen Grear of 1331 Highland avenue. Miss Gladys E. Smith and Miss Cora Carr were the winners of the scholarship given by Prof. Tyler to the one selling the most tickets. Miss Carr sold $47.50 and Miss Smith sold $44.75. They both will make well of their opportunity. NOTICE!!! THE AVENUE HOUSE Neatly furnished and up-to-date rooms, fully equipped. Meals if deired at the most reasonable rates 1115 and 1117 Independence avenue on car line. Call and be convinced. MRS. W. JONES. MRS. G. C. SCOTT. Proprietors. In the death of Mr. Wm. Crump Allen Chapel loses one of her most prominent members, both as a singer and as a worker. Miss Saraah Hammet is reported as being very sick. We hope her a very speedy recovery. Tuehday night the Auditorium of Allen Chapel was packed to its capacity, it being class leader's visit. We hope the members will continue to do so. Mr. Best, one of our oldest members, is reported as being very sick. On Monday evening, November 18, Miss Lulu Lawson, 18th and Woodland ave., and Mr. Drenord Seals, Armour blvd. and Main sts., were united in marriage by Rev. Dr. F. J. Peck. It was a very swell affair, Miss Lawson being one of Kansas City's most prominent young women. If the Negroes of Kansas City desire a good, newsy newspaper, why don't they try and assist the Rising Son? Mrs. Rose Buford left yesterday for a visit with Mrs. Mollie Crowley, Richmond, Mo. We trust that every member of Allen Chapel will rally to the Thanksgiving dinner and entertainment and make this one of the grandest affairs ever held in Allen. We hope that every member of Allen Chapel will remember dear Mrs. Crump in her sad hour, and pray God to help her in this trouble. May the Father above look and guide her. Respectfully, A SUBSCRIBER. JOHN A. BROWN The above cut is an exact likeness of C. H. Countee, senior member of Countee Bros., undertakers. Mr. Countee left Kansas City three months ago to attend to business matters in Chicago, and while there, having Twentieth century ideas and being very much possessed with that spirit handed down from his father, which is being ever ready to seek new ideas, decided to more thoroughly fit himself to care for the preparation and embalming of the dead. He entered and completed a thorough course in a Chicago School of Sanitary Science and the Science of Practical Embalming, after which he took a post-graduate course and graduated from each with honors, as his diplomas will certify. He has returned to Kansas City thoroughly able to take care of your deceased loved ones, and by late and modern methods disinfect and preserve them, thereby preventing the spread of all diseases, whether contagious or infectious. Mr. Countee is also prepared to disinfect your residence and rid your home of any and all bacteria or disease-producing germs that may be therein unknown to you. No discoloration of bodies if he has your work. Under the new process he is now able to take care of drops cases and cases of drowning as easily as a case of fever, and no haste will be necessary in burying any'body that is entrusted to his care, no matter what the cause of death may have been or whatever condition the corpse may be. Countee Bros., after having served you for the past twelve years, have taken this improved Twentieth century course for your benefit. They have been striving year after year to render satisfactory services, therefore they solicit your work and ask you to note improvements. ODDFELLOWS LINE OF MARCH THANKSGIVING TO CONVENTION HALL. From Odd Fellows Hall, 18th and Grove Sts., on Grove to 19th; east on 19th to Woodland; north on Woodland to 14th; west on 14th to Highland; north on Highland to 11th; west on 11th past the office of the Rising Son to Charlotte! north on Charlotte to 6th; west on 6th to Wyandotte; south on Wyandotte to 9th; east on 9th to Maln; south on Maln to 13th; west on 13th to Convention Hall. Nicely furnished rooms for rent lady or gentleman 1225 Vine. MRS. JOHNSON... This paper is growing into a broad and progressive Journal for the benefit of all the Negro people. We fight for right with all our might. FOR SALE.—Two rooming houses, one seven room furnished, another ten room newly furnished. Gas and water in both houses! Sell or rent 780 Main and Grand. Mr. Roy Dorsey, one of Kansas City's Negro Tailors, has opened up his Pressing Club. Quite a number of the people have joined. The proposition has been very well presented and we think he will make a great success in the business. For Neatly Furnished Rooms Go to Mrs. Sadie Gibson's New Place at 609 E. Missouri Ave. For Railroad Porters and Hotel Waiters, Especially. Parisian Cloak Co. 1108 and 1110 Main Street. Woman's 52-inch Box Coats $16.50 Woman's 52-inch Box Coats $16.50 For these coats we purchased a large, fine imported broadcloth. The model is of our own selection, and each coat is lined throughout with splendid quality satin, eliged around collar with velvet and neatly braid trimmed, gathered sleeve with braid trimmed cuff. There will be a great interest in these coats. $16.50. Third Floor. 1 HAVE YOU A LARGE ABDOMEN? If so wear the C. Y. C. corset, which has an apron that reduces and supports the abdomen and gives a beautiful form. Made to order at 723 E. 11th st. Phone 1310 Grand. NOTICE! AN APPETIZING THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE ENTERPRISE CAFE AND BAKERY. MENU. OYSTERS. SOUP. CELERY. GREEN SEA TURTLE. BOILED HALBERT. SARATOGA POTATOES. ROAST TURKEY. CRANBERRY SAUCE. MALLARD DUCK (STUFFED). ROMAN PUNCH. LOIN OF PIG. SWEET POTATOES. MASHED POTATOES IN CREAM. ASPARAGUS ON TOAST. PEAS. PUMPKIN PIE. MILK. DELMONICO ICE CREAM. ASSORTED CAKES. NUTS. FRUIT. S. L. DAILY, PROP., 1320 E. 18TH ST. H AVE your house and rooms dressed up like yourself, by DAVID KNAPPER The Painter. Paperhanger and Decorator 531 TRACY AVE. For Neatly Furnis Go to Mrs. Sadie Gibson's Missouri Ave. For Rail Hotel Waiters, E Parisian C 1108 and 1110 M Calling Special At of our tailor-mat suit models at ```markdown ``` Woman's 52-inch B For these coats we purchased a large model is of our own selection, and each coat quality satin, elged around collar with gathered sleeve with braid trimmed cuff. these coats. $16.50. KEEP OFF THIS DATE. Jan. 20, 1908. THE UNITED K. OF P. LODGES, 9 IN NUMBER, WILL GIVE ON MONDAY, JAN. 20, 1908, A GRAND RECEPTION TO THE BENEFICIARY BOARD AND WILL ALSO HAVE AS THEIR GUESTS THE SUPREME KEEPER OF RECORDS AND SEALS, C. K. ROBINSON, OF ST., LOUIS AND MAJOR GENERAL R. R. JACKSON, OF CHICAGO, COMMANDER OF ALL THE UNIFORMED RANK IN THE WORLD. WATCH THIS PAPER FOR PARTICULARS. CITY NEWS. THOSE IN THE BEAUTY CONTEST WISHING TO BECOME MORE BEAUTIFUL SHOULD CALL AT MRS. W. A. PENNEL'S, 2124 HARISON, AND GET THEIR FACE MASSAGED. NOTICE To Whom it may concern: This is to certify that on the 19th day of October, 1907, Mrs. Annie E. Floyd of 1707 E. 11th street, offered her resignation as supreme Grand Queen of the Order of Sons and Daughters of Jerusalem. NOTICE. The supporters of Dr. J. E. Dibble wish to announce to their opponents that they have refrained from making a dirty fight because it was the wish of Dr. Dibble to make a high class campaign and he has kept them from throwing mud, but if the other side persist then his supporters will do the same. Though Dr. Dibble has kept them from throwing mud they will do it anyway. CRAWFORD'S DRUG STORE. THE STORE WHERE EVERY ONE GETS A SQUARE DEAL TELEPHONE BUSINESS ESPECIALLY SOLICITED. CALL US UP OVER OUR PHONES: HOME 2027 MAIN, BELL 579 EAST. LOCATION 19th & VINE. ALL THE PATENT MEDICINES ON SALE. BLOOD MEDICINE ESPECIALLY PREPARED FOR ALL KINDS OF DISEASES, ALL KINDS OF PRESCRIPTIONS, IN FACT, EVERYTHING THE PEOPLE COULD GET AT ANY OTHER DRUG STORE. COPIES OF THE RISING SON CAN BE HAD AT SMITH'S THREE DRUG STORES. 805 INDEPENDENCE AVE., 908 E. 12th ST. AND 1307 E. 18th ST. Furnished Rooms in's New Place at 609 E. Railroad Porters and s, Especially. Cloak Co. Main Street. Attention to two made $25.00 t ENGLISH BROADCLOTH SUITS $30.00. CUTAWAY COAT SUITS, $40. Suits of attractive, mannish mixtures; 30-inch length, fitted cutaway coat; double-breasted; velvet coat collar, outlined with contrasting color broadcloth; new patch pockets, trimmed with velvet buttons; cluster plaited skirt, finished with two wide self-folds. $40.00 A GREAT SALE OF COATS AT $25.00. Box Coats $16.50 a large, fine imported broadcloth. The ch coat is lined throughout with splendid with velvet and neatly braid trimmed, cuff. There will be a great interest in Third Floor. New Place for Colored People At N. W. Cor. 18th St. and Woodland Ave. Neat Rooms, Furnished or Unfurnished. Prices very Reasonable. Good Location, right on Car Line Bell Phone. 1799 East. 1720-22-24 E. 18th St. HELP THIS AFRO-AMERICAN ENTERPRISE SUCCEED BY GIVING IT YOUR XMAS ORDER. FAMILY TRADE A SPECIALTY BELL PHONE, 1884 EAST. Special Prices to Lodges. 5c Off on Phone Orders. GEORGE O'BEE, Gen'l Solicitor. For all kinds of Wines, Brandies, Whiskies and Gins. We handle all the Standard Brands of Liquors known for their AGE, Purity, Quality and Strength. Buy your Holiday Wines and Liquors now. Special Low Prices made to Private and Public Parties on Entertainment, and Sacrament Wine in Gallon Lots. Whiskies, 75c to $1.50 per Quart. Wines, 35c to 75c per Quart. " $1.60 to $6.00 per Gal. " $1.00 to $2.50 per Gal. Brandies, 75c to $1.00 per Quart; $1.50 to $3.00 per Gal. BOTTLED IN BOND GOODS: $1.00 to $1.50 per Quart. $3.00 to $5.00 per Gal. JAMES TUCKER, RETAIL LIQUOR DEALER, 2201 VINE STREET. SRICTLY FIRST-CLASS SERVICE. BELL PHONE 2078 MAIN 721 723 Charlotte Street, Kansas City, Mo. WE WANT YOUR TRADE KEYSTONE TAILORS KEYSTONE TAILORS F. C. MORRIS, Mgr. 12th @ Grand Ave. and Watches too EASY PAYMENTS W.F. Smith Jewelry Co. EMMETT E. VENRICK, Manager 103 EAST TENTH STREET Both Phones, B. 2618 M. GEO. JONES, H. 5145 M. LEM ANDERSON, Props. KANSAS CITY'S LEADING NEGRO GAS MAN. "Starr the Gas Man" Gas Stoves Connected for $1.00 up Burners Installed in Stoves $5.00 Burners Installed in Furnaces $8.50 Give us a trial. we guarantee complete satisfaction Tel. Home Main 5467; Bell 4591, or call at 1301 E. 18th St. C. E. STARR, Manager COPYRIGHT KEYSTON F. C. MORRIS, Mgr. DI C and Wa EASY Wear Clothes THAT WILL HANG $1.00 OFF on all orders of Suits and Overcoats if you CUT THIS AD OUT Negro Congressmen Since the abolition of slavery in the United States in 1863, many Negroes have held official positions. Two were United States Senators. Twenty-two Representatives; three, held diplomatic and consular positions; many have been officers in the army, six were Recorders of Deeds in the District of Columbia. A fine engraving of these Negro Congressmen has just been issued, giving accurate portraits of each; also the Congress in which they served and the years of service. In the picture, the two Senators, Messrs. Revels and Bruce, occupy the center of the group, surrounded by the other eighteen Representatives. In the background, the Stars and Stripes in color. This beautiful engraving, with a booklet containing biographies of these eminent men, is sold for one dollar ($1.00). This engraving is a graphic political history of the Negro in America. No home, library, office, or school-room will be complete without it. Send for one to-day. THE COLORED AMERICAN NOVELTY CO. To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking, Cutting, Fitting and everything to make you master of the dressmaking art. Madam Vincent is a graduate of four different schools, with twelve years' experience in the largest stores in Kansas City. The price of tuition is very low—in fact, you can make money while learning. Special Course in Sewing, 20 Days, $5.00 I cordially invite all to visit the school and investigate. Bell Phone 507 Grand. 1104 Charlotte St., Kansas City, Mo. REAL ESTATE RENTAL And INSURANCE. On Easy Terms, Like Rent. 127 West 8th Street KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. 606-608 East 12th Street P. O. Drawer 2318 Agents wanted. LADIES, THERE IS A CHANGE Madam Mamie De Vaule Vine Making and Ladies To learn all of the latest systems in Dressmaking to make you master of the dressmaking art. four different schools, with twelve years' e Kansas City. The price of tuition is very lo while learning. Special Course in Sewing I cordially invite all to visit the school and Bell Phone 507 Grand. 1104 C Home 'Phone 5478 Main P. L. PF REAL ESTATE And INSUR Houses F On Easy Terms 127 West 8th KANSAS CITY, J. J. ALTERGOTT, Mgr. Don't forget the number. gantly fitted up with every gentlemen. W. T. C Rpaireing Neatly and Promptly Done. Buffalo Cleaner WALDEN & DRU Bell Phone 3682 Grand Home Phone 3323 Grand Washington, D. C. FOR YOU AT The School of Dress Dorning. Fitting and everything Vincent is a graduate of in the largest stores in fact, you can make money Days, $5.00 State St., Kansas City, Mo. Bell 'Phone 3136 Main ATT. RENTAL NCE. Sale like Rent. bet. MISSOURI. UR Who have been noted for their general satisfaction to its Fatrons have undergone a remodeling, and attached a private Dining Room upstairs. It is now one of the nicest of its kind in the City, with its new electric fans. We carry the best the market can afford: Among which in their seasons are Black Bass, Catfish, Cropples, Oysters, Spring Chicken, Fancy Steaks, Chops and Fowls of all kinds. Neat waiters and everything served first-class, with soft drinks. J. S. FIELDS and WIFE To 713 MAIN STREET get the number. His new place will be elec up with every inducement for ladies and W. T. GREEN, Propr. Don't forget the number. His new place will be elegantly fitted up with every inducement for ladies and gentlemen. W. T. GREEN, Propr. Rpaireing Neatly and Promptly Done. Bell Phone 2772 Grand Home Phone 7397 M. Buffalo Cleaners and Dyers WALDEN & DRUMMOND Props. "The Beer that made Milw America's Family Beer ROYAL BREW THE WESTON ROYAL BREWING CO., Kans Deep down beneath the surface of the old, pictu- Weston are the cellars of the Weston Royal Brewer masonry and massive stone walls remind one of an one ambition was to brew a healthful beer. Studio wont to whet their wits and discuss great questions bumpers" in cellers like those of the Weston Royal "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," is the brew religious fidelity. From the choiceest hops and well matured m made, to the bottling works, which is equipped with machinery. THE WATCH WORDS "A Pure Health Tonic For 1 CENT IS ALLOWED to write for showing the BICYCLES. BELOW any other manufacture or on any kind of terms, until you ha logues illustrating and describing e bicycles, old patterns and latest mode BICYCLES. Good amount of work direct to rider with no middlement's WE SHIP ON APPROVAL allow 10 Days Free Trial and ma house in the world will do. You will obtain information by simply writing We need a Rider Agent in eve to make money to suitable young men $8.50 PUNCTURE-PRO Regular Price $8.50 per pair. To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only $4.80 NAILS, TACKS OR GLASS WON'T LET OUT THE AIR DESCRIPTION: Made in all sizes. It is lovely and easy to wear with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes pore- ous without allowing the air to escape. We have hundreds of that their tires have only been pumped upon twice to give the puncture resistance required. We prepare fabric on the treat. That "hollow back" sensitized or soft roads is overcome by the patent "Basket Weaver." It quiesced out between the tire and the roof thus overcum- pens the tire, but for advertising purposes, it is of only $4 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter You do not pay a cent until you have examined and found We will allow a cash discount of 5 percent (Cherezy make Love you!) Our ORDUR can be made in plated brass hand pump and two Sampon metal puncture puncture closers to be used in case of intentional knife cut at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfac- tive. We are perfectly reliable and money sent to us is as sas and best. Please contact us at the Office of the President. 1025 East 19th Street. Bell Phone 2772 Grand Home Phone 7397 M. Kansas City, Mo. Office 914 E. 12th ST THE 48 MAIN EST Beer that made Milwaukee J er ROYAL BREW Bre er HOPE ESTON ROYAL BREWING CO., Kansas City and W "The Beer that made Milwaukee Jealous" Kansas City Office 1912-14 Grand Ave. death the surface of the old, picturesque and lively cars of the Weston Royal Brewery. The great stone walls remind one of ancient times when brew a healthful beer. Studious Monks are witts and discuss great questions while "enjoy" like those of the Weston Royal Brewery. next to Godliness," is the brewery motto, and nicest hops and well matured malt from whi-ing works, which is equipped with the most mnt THE WATCH WORDS ARE Pure Health Tonic For Home U CENT IS ALL IT WILL to write in our letters showing the most complete BICYCLES, TRUES and BELOW any other manufacturer or dealer in the DO NOT BUY A BICYCLE or on any kind of form, until you have received our logos illustrating and describing every kind of bicycles, old patterns and latest models, and learn of PRICES and wonderful new offers made possible with our products. WE SHIP ON APPROVAL WE SHIP ON APPROVAL in the world will do. You will learn every-able information by simply writing us a postal. We need a Riden Agent in every town and can make money to satisfiate young men who apply to DO PUNCTURE-PROOF TIR Deep down beneath the surface of the old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Weston are the cellars of the Weston Royal Brewery. The great arches of heavy masonry and massive stone walls remind one of ancient times when the old master's one ambition was to brew a healthful beer. Studious Monks and wise Friars were wont to whet their wits and discuss great questions while "enjoying the bowls and bumpers" in cellers like those of the Weston Royal Brewery. "Cleanliness is next to Godliness," is the brewery motto, and is adhered to with religious fidelity. From the choiceest hops and well matured malt from which "Royal Brew" is made, to the bottling works, which is equipped with the most modern and sanitary machinery. THE WATCH WORDS ARE "A Pure Health Tonic For Home Use" CASH WITH ORDER $499 NO MORE THOUBLE FROM MOISTURES. Reward of 15 cars issued in tire maintainer. No damage from THORNS, CACTUS, PUS, NAILS, TACKS or GLASS. Serious punctures, like intentional knife cuts, can be vulcanized like any other tire. * Two Hundred Thousand pairs now in actual use. Over Sedentive Five Thousand pairs sold last year. **DESCRIPTION:** Made in all sizes. It is lovely and easy riding, very durable and lined inside with a special quality of rubber, which never becomes porous and which closes up small pumps that their tires have only been pumped upon or twice in a whole season. They weigh no more than an ordinary tire, the puncture resistant qualities being given by several layers of thin, specially prepared fabric on the tire. They are also waterproof and the patent "Basket Weave" tread which prevents all items being squeezed out between the tire and the road thus overcoming all sction. The regular price of these tires is $5 per pair, but for advertising purposes we are making a special factory price to the rider only. $5 per pair. All orders shipped same day letter is received. We ship only on approval. We will allow each discount of $ per cent (thereby making the price $4.55 per pair) if you send FULL CASH WITH ORDER and enclose this advertisement. We will also send one nickel piece closer to the time of payment in exceptional knife cuts or heavy gasket) A tires to be returned at OUR expense if for any reason they are not satisfactory on examination. We are perfectly reliable and more than 100% your Postmaster. If your Postmaster these tires, you will find that they will ride easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look firmer than any tire you have ever used or seen at any price. We know that you will be so well pleased when you write to us your order. We want you to send us a small trial tire with its remarkable tire offer. GOASTER-BRAKES, built-up-wheels, ankle brakes, pedals, parts and repairs, and prices charged by dealers and repair men. Write for our big NUNDRY catalogue. DO NOT WAIT but write us a postal today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING a bicycle or a pair of tires from anyone you use. And write it NOW. HOME PHONE 48 MAIN Regular Price $8.50 per pair To Introduce We Will Sell You a Sample Pair for Only KELLEY'S BEST HIGH PATENT The chief reason for leaving home is that one may the better enjoy coming back to it. Home is the place we have so studiously suited to our own needs that it fits us like an outer envelope. In no other house do we feel so absolutely ourselves. — London Truth. Do the Colored people of this city desire to see a newsy news paper? Will they show that they want one? If you want to make a safe investment that will bring you a nice income see Weaver's list of rooming houses on Page 7. We wish that our Kansas City Kansas subscribers would be more prompt in paying their subscription. Our collectors have had a very hard time in making his regular rounds. Send your subscription to the office. We have a sum of over $300 at present due this office. Don't let our collector call again. Come promptly or send it to our office 914 E. 12th St. Let the Rising Son Pub. Co., do your printing. We print all kinds of calling cards, invitations, wedding announcements or any kind of job printing. Call 780 Main or Grand. Office 914 E. 12th St. e Milwaukee Jealous" BREW Brewed From Hops and Malt CO., Kansas City and Weston, Mo. the old, picturesque and beautiful little city of Royal Brewery. The great arches of heavy and one of ancient times when the old master's ar. Studious Monks and wise Friars were questions while "enjoying the bowls and Boston Royal Brewery. is the brewery motto, and is adhered to with matured malt from which "Royal Brew" is equipped with the most modern and sanitary H WORDS ARE tonic For Home Use" IS ALL IT WILL COST YOU to write a letter to Royal Brewery, showing the most complete line of highgrade bicycles, TRUSS and SUNDRIES at PRICES manufacturer or dealer in the world. BUY A Bicycle from anyone, until you have received our complete line of highgrade and lowgrade interest models, and learn of our remarkable LOW new offers made possible by selling from factory owner's points. BUY A Tire from any place. Pay the Freight and trial and make other lineed terms which no other do. You will learn everything and get much valuable writing us a postal. agent in every town and can offer an opportunity to be young men who apply at once. E-PROOF TIRES ONLY $4.80 PER PAIR lively and easy riding, very durable and lined inside pervious and which closes up small punctures hundreds of letters from satisfied customers stating or twice in a whole season. They weight no more than once being given by several thin, special handles. We have a special shoulder strap without the Weave" tread which prevents all air from being as overcoming all suction. The regular price of these issues we are making a special price to the rider and found them strictly as represented. If indeed making the price $4.59 per item) you send this advertisement. We will also send one nickel puncture closers on full paid order (these metal knife cuts or heavy gadgets). Tires to be returned are as safe as in a bank. Ask your Postmaster, or of this paper about us. If you order a pair of easier, run faster, wear better, last longer and look any price. We know that you will be satisfied your order. We want you to send us a small trial p-wheels, sandies, pedals, parts and repairs, and riding in the bicycle line are by sale at us half the usual price for today. DO NOT THINK OF BUYING... of tires from anyone until you know the new and ESTABLISHED 1842 Notice the thick rubber treat "A" and puncture strips "B" and "D," also rim strip "C" to prevent rim cutting. This makes any other motive—SOFT, ELASTIC and KID RIDING. K. C. U. F. A. Receptive Will. If a man be willing, then any argument shall be matter of encouragement; but if unwilling, then any argument shall be matter of discouragement—John Bunyan. India's Irrigated Land India has 4835,947 acres of irrigated land in the Punjab, an increase of 453,561 acres in one year. The crops are mainly wheat, sugar cane, grain and winter oilseeds. Hint to Housewives If you have a solid silver cake dish and no cake for it, don't discard it. Tie a pale mauve ribbon on it and keep it in the kitchen as a receptacle for potato peelings. "He complains that his wife refuses to listen to him." "He should cultivate the habit of talking in his sleep." —Houston Post. We wonder why it is that those individuals who boast about telling the truth never have anything very pleasant to say. Her Heaven. The fleshy woman's idea of heaven is a place in which she can take off her corset and sit around without locing ungrateful. Place for a Good Book. The very best place for a thoroughly good book is in your head and your heart. If it is not worthy of being kept there, it is of little importance where it is kept, or how soon you get rid of it.—From "Books and Reading," in St. Nicholas. The Secret of A BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXION Now Revealed FREE What beauty is more desirable than an exquisite complexion and elegant jewels. An opportunity for every women to obtain both, for a limited time only. The directions and recipe for ob- taining a faultless complexion is the secret long guarded by the master minds of the ORIENTALS and GREEKS. This we obtained after years of work and at great expense. It is the method used by the fairest and most beautiful women of Europe. Hundreds of American women who now use it have expressed their delight and satisfaction. This secret is easily understood and simple to follow and it will save you the expense of creams, cosmetics, bleaches and forever give you a beautiful complexion and free your skin from pimples, bad color blackheads, etc. It alone is worth to you many times the price we ask you to send for the genuine diamond ring of latest design. ```markdown ``` proper above manufacturing cost. There are MOSELEY half what others charge. The recipe is free with every ring. It is a genuine rose cut diamond ring of sparkling brilliancy absolutely guaranteed, very dainty, shaped like a Bekker with Tiffany setting of 12Kt, gold shell, at your local jeweler it would cost considerable more than $2.00. Notice style of ring. We mail you this beautiful complex recipe free when your order is received for ring with size marked on diag ram herewith and $2.00 in money order, stamp or balls. Get your order in before our supply is exhausted. This offer is made for a limited time only as a means of advertising and introducing our goods. Send to-day before this opportunity is forgotten. T. C. MOSELEY 32 East 23rd Street, New York City FREE To women for collecting names and selling our novelties, we give big premiums send your name to-day for our new plan of big profits with little work write to-day. Address C. T. MOSELEY Premium department 32 E. 23rd Street New York City. EXAMPLE OF SUBLIME "NERVE." This Man Surely Cut Out for Great Captain of Industry. When Robertson entered his sitting-room he found Treacott there, resplendent in full evening dress, and helping himself to one of his—Robertson's—best chairs. "Halloa!" he said. "Why the war-paint." "Going to Bellingham's to dinner," was the reply. "Why don't you buy better chairs." Robertson looked his friend up and down. "The effect isn't so bad." he said. "Anyone that didn't know you might take you for a gentleman. But I didn't think you boasted an evening suit." "I don't," said Treacott. "These duds are yours." "I'll see you in Jericho first!" said the indignant Robertson. "Oh, very well," said Trescott. "It's for your benefit, you know. I only want it to protect your togs!" And with a choking gasp Robertson handed over his best gold mounted rain defender. SURELY DESERVED THE RELIEF Aunt Lizzie's Heroic Method to Get Teeth to Fit. The following dialogue occurred between a lady and her aunt, who had recently purchased some false teeth, which hurt her. "Aunt Lizzie, here is a piece of sandpaper; now, after you get your work done, you take your teeth out and sandpaper them wherever they hurt you." About an hour later Aunt Lizzie came in, and her niece said. "Well, Aunt Lizzie, did you get your teeth fixed?" "No, not very well." "What did you do?" "Why, I took my teeth out and sandpapered my gums, that was what you told me to do, wasn't it." "No, I told you to take your teeth out and sandpaper the teeth." "Oh!" said the aunt "Well," she addc, "it helped them some." She Loved and Ate Perhaps the ultimate limit of idoity and banality, in the shape of an attempt to imitate the monkey, dog and horse dinners of Newport degenerates was reached by a woman of Santa Ana, Orange county, who gave an entertainment at her "palatial home," in honor of a young pig that was about to be killed and eaten. We are informed that the "charming hostess" became greatly attached to the piglet, and feeling that its end was near, she decided to honor it—before eating it—with an afternoon tea, so that her friends and guests might tender their adieux to the young swine—Los Angeles Times. Just Like a Story Bysus, of which fine, iridescent stockings and shawls are made in Sicily, is a silk made by a fish. The puina is a Mediterranean shellfish that has an odd little tube at the end of its tongue. Out of this tube, spider fashion, or silkworm fashion, it spins a silk thread, with which it fastens itself to any rock that it wishes to adhere to. When the puina moves on its fastings, its silken cable remain behind. This cable, which is called byssus, the Sicilian fishermen gather. Bysus weaves into the softest, finest, sheenest of fabrics, but it is very rare and expensive—Popular Science Siftings Stilt-Marks on Old China. Hunting for stilt-marks on old China is often good fun in itself. Almost every old piece of flatware—l. e., plates, platters, saucers, etc.—shows three little rough spots, more or less clearly marked on both sides, usually in the margin. These spots were made in the firing, by the cc*kspur or stilts—little tripods used between the plates in piling them up in the kiln. The three points where the cockspur touched the plate caused a defect in the glaze. Unfortunately, stilt-marks are not as sure a guarantee of authenticity as some collectors have supposed, for they are not only easy to imitate, but they are sometimes imperceptible on the old Staffordshire Furthermore, they appear very frequently on modern tableware of the cheaper sort, and so are no sign of an tiquity—Country Life in America. Believes in the Newspapers. "I believe in the newspaper," said Mr. Alexander, the singing evangelist. "To illustrate their carrying power, let me tell a story: "A newspaper, published in England, one day carried in its columns a sermon by the late Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon. That newspaper found its way to Australia, and eventually was part of a bundle that was thrown under the counter of a store to wrap up packages with. In course of time it was reached and inclosed some articles that were sent to the house of a most ungodly man. He unwrapped the goods, and as he did so the heading of the sermon struck his eye. The man read it, became thoughtful, read it again. It convinced him, and he became an earnest and devout Christian." Some divorces cost a lot, but are worth all the alimony that must be paid. When an elderly woman begin a conversation by saying: "I raised my children without help," it is an intimation that she is tired taking care of grandchildren. MAN GROWING MORE HUMANE Treatment of Domestic Animals Is Proof of This. "Electric fans in stables, horse shower baths and screens to keep out flies and mosquitoes are not uncommon nowadays in rich men's establishments," said a coachman. "The world is improving. Animals are now treated better than men used to be. 'Look at the drinking troughs for dogs and cats. You find them everywhere in our big cities during the hot season. And they are continually in service. 'Look at the straw bonnets that horses wear on the hot days. These bonnets, with a moist sponge inside them, are an immense protection against the heat. And look at the many costly and excellent kinds of fly nets that are continually being patented." "Then there are innumerable boarding houses in the country for dogs and cats and horses, where these animals may be sent in July and August if the hot weather runs them down. "Yes, undoubtedly the world treats animals nowadays better than it treated men in the past." QUALITIES THAT MAKE A LADY Idea of Charles Dana Gibson Very Near the Truth. "I dined with Charles Dana Gibson at Prince's restaurant in London during the season," said a Chicagoan. "The lofty, spacious dining-room was filled with women in pale gowns, their hair uncovered and their arms and necks bare, and though these women were very fashionable, very aristocratic, they smoked cigarettes with their coffee as they watched the bioscope pictures that went on at one end of the big room and as they listened to the singing that went on at the other. "Amid all this feminine smoking we Americans began to discuss and to define the word 'lady.' Was it ladylike to smoke? we asked. Would a lady even smoke? What was a lady?" "I think Mr. Gibson's definition of a lady was the best that was given. "A lady, he said, ignoring the smoke question altogether, "is a woman who always remember others and never forgets herself." EXTREMES IN MODERN COSTUME Woman's Dress Extravagant and Immodest Says Writer. It has gone beyond extravagance in women's clothes. It has come into debauchery. The dress habit is ruining more homes now than the drink habit. Ten minutes in a fashionable dressmaker's establishment to-day costs the husband more money than ten nights in a barroom did a decade ago. There are hundreds of women in New York who spend more than $10,000 a year on dress. The woman who might have dared to walk upper Broadway of a summer's afternoon, ten years ago, wearing a 1906 waist so thin and transparent that a lace curtain would be opaque beside it, would have excited the scorn and disgust of her sex. Today she vies with her sisters as to who shall be the most expert in the art of heightening the effect of exposure by a shadow of concealment.—N. Y. Press. Legends of the Kingfisher. Many and curious are the legends of the kingfisher. One of these is to the effect that the bird was originally a plain gray in color, but upon being let loose from the ark flew toward the setting sun and had its back stained blue by the sky and its lower plumage scorched by the sun to gorgeous hues. The dried body of the kingfisher was once used as a charm against thunderbolts and moths, and it was hung up so that it might point with its bill to the wind's quarter. A PRAYER. Oh Lord give me thy sweet rest, Let thy peace dwell in my breast, Oh guard me while I sleep. As the good shepherd guards his sheep. Keep me ever in thy care, Let me ever thy word hear. That I may thy command take, Always with me, for Jesus sake. by L. A. ALLEN, Negro Poetess. Miss Eva P. Washington, of 1138 New Jersey avenue, Kansas City, Kansas, who has been traveling for her health since a serious accident which happened her on July 2nd. She was seriously injured in Mitchell's dry goods store on the elevator, which was the fault of the house. She has opened a school of hair dressing and Milinery in Lafayette, Mo. Mrs. F. M. Johnson, 1306 Highland avenue, who is the greatest Magnetic Healer of our race, has been doing effective work in the city in this line of healing. She was born in Simpson county, Mo., 1864, taught school in the same county. She first discovered her power of healing while attending public schools; she used to heal the little children from time to time when they became ill in school. Later she gave her services to the public; she has been able to cure cases which physicians had given up because they did not understand the situation. She has been able to raise the patients and similar cases on different occasions. She can heal all cases of Nervous Debility, Rheumatism and the most rigid complaints. She would be pleased for everybody to give her a call at her residence, 1306 Highland. After reviewing the incident of the Alton tragedy Prof G. N. Grisham said that that event was but one among a series of events indicating the irreconcilable conflict between the free and slave states of America. The South, alarmed by the Nat. Turner insurrection, irritated by British emancipation two years later, and enraged by the omnious activity of the abolitionists, was doing everything possible to maintain and extend slavery. The period from 1831 to 1841 was a period of strong feeling, of bitter discussion and of mob violence. The abolitionist, while they represented the conscience of this nation pitted against its selfishness, 19th century enlightenment against medievalisma, civilization against a survival of barbarism, and humanity against oppression, had to pay the price of all leaders of reform movements. They were hated and unligened and persecuted both north and south. James G. Burney was driven from Kentucky because he freed his slaves and advocated emancipation. Pennsylvania Hall, built and dedicated by the abolitionists in Philadelphia, was burned to the ground after three days' use. William Lloyd Garrison was dragged through the streets of Boston and imprisoned for the awful crime of expressing his opinions. Abolitionist meetings were broken up by mobs in all the leading cities of the north and the houses of defenceless Negros were destroyed without any effort on the part of the civil authorities to offer even the semblance of protection. Mindful of such outrages, Elijah P. Lovejoy said to the St. Louis committee that urged him to keep still: "I have sworn eternal hostility to slavery and I cannot turn back." Then his troubles began. His press was destroyed. He himself, to use his own language, "was hunted like a partridge upon the mountains." His first demand was freedom for the poor oppressed Negro, but he was soon driven to ask for free speech, freedom of the press and finally protection to life and property. He got nothing he asked for. He fell and the mob triumphed but the principles he fought for and died for are winning their way not only in America but in the world at large. How can the Negro prove his gratitude? Let him continue to grow in worth and worthiness; let him become a free man and a good citizen. Let him hold on to what he has and ever contend for all that justly belongs to him. He has had great friends in the past and has good friends now. He can not hope to stand alone. Let him make alliances. By dint of intelligence and manly insistence he may hope ultimately for a larger measure of right and protection than he now enjoys. President Shelton French began his speech thus: The history of the human race is the rise and fall of nations. All nations rise and fall in proportion as they see and do the right or choose to do wrong. History proves that the growth and development of a race, people or nation is slow, but permanent. Large volumes gravitate almost imperceptibly; and, the mills of justice and equity grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine. Not otherwise is it when truth and right have a hearing at their day in court. It is inevitably true that all human rights are brought about by reformation and revolution. Our rights as a distinctive race within this cosmopolitan nation must not be waged for by the sword on the field of carnage—suicidal extinction. Ours must be an irrepressible, but, bloodless conflict. By being honest and temperate, industrious and economical, brave and intelligently resentful, from the pulpit and pew, rostrum and stump, in and parliaments, with irresistable force of logic with pen, and invinible and eloquent argument with voice—we must protest loud, long and often. It must be the voice of one crying in the wilderness, "Make straight the paths of an oppressed people." The name, Luther, stands for religious reformation; Howard for prison reform; Wilberforce, for British Ne- OF THE NEGRO IN THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN AN ENGRAVING JUST ISSUED, ENTITLED, COLORED CONGRESS-MEN. ALABAMA SENT THREE COLORED MEN TO CONGRESS, FLORIDA SENT ONE, GEORGIA ONE, MISSISSIPPI SENT TWO TO THE SENATE AND ONE TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, LOUISIANA AND VIRGINIA SENT ONE EACH, NORTH CAROLINA SENT FOUR AND SOUTH CAROLINA HEADS THE LIST BY SENDING EIGHT. THIS ENGRAVING CONTAINS EXCELLENT PORTRAITS OF THESE TWENTY-TWO REPRESENTATIVES OF THE RACE, THE DATE OF THEIR SERVICE AND THE CONGRESSES IN WHICH THEY SERVED. IT IS SOLD BY THE COLORED AMERICAN NOVELTY COMPANY OF WASHINGTON, D. C., AND IS NOT ONIY UNIQUE AND ATTRACTIVE IN APPEARANCE, BUT SHOWS GRAPHICALLY THE POLITICAL STATUS OF THE NEGRO. LOST. A GOLD WATCH AND FOB MONDAY NIGHT, NOV. 4th BETWEEN 12th PASEO AND 18th ST. OR AT ARLINGTON HALL. FOUND. RETURN TO RISING SON. gro freedom; Garbaldi, for Italian civil liberty; George Washington, for American constitutional liberty; and, that of Elijah Parrish Lovejoy stands for your and my physical, political and constitutional freedom, rights and opportunities—the chance to be a man, a mainly man and a womanly woman among men and women whither soever dispersed about the globe. Lovejoy, in his life, spirit and sentiments lived for this; and in his death he died a heroic martyr in order that his convictions and teachings might live, and that we might become the happy recipients of the fruition of his labor. It is opportune and expedient that we pause here a moment for the purpose of erecting in our hearts an imperishable monument; and, build at our firesides an eternal altar in commemoration of the life and sacrifices of this great heroic character, this unselfish man, this pre-eminent commoner, this apostle of American Negro freedom—ever to be known as a man with a single iden. Lovejoy stood, not only in mortal danger, but he stood almost alone in battling for the principles of freedom that moved his heart. Did I say stood alone? No, No! Our Christ and a legion of invisible hosts in fiery charots were around and aboua him, giving him courage and inspiration. Although he died, his teachings lived, drenched the nation in blood; and, made free 4,000,000 of slaves. Hence, on last Thursday, Nov. 7, our people everywhere observed Lovejoy Day, the 70th anniversary of his tragic death. He was educated for the ministry, but drifted into journalism. His first paper was the "St. Louis Observer" published in St. Louis, Mo. For an offensive, anti-slavery editorial he was forced to remove to Alton, Ill., where he published the "Observer," in which he severely and mercilessly attacked clavery, and thus became a marked and obnoxious, though fearless, abolitionist. His first three proxies were destroyed by proslavery, hybred monsters. Undaunted, the people provided him a fourth press. At midnight, Nov. 7, 1837, Elliah Parrish Lovejoy, at the early age of 35, full of vigor, and at the height of a frenzied ambition, was shot to death while attempting to defend his rights in protecting his property—this last press—the gift of admiring friends. We do not believe this to mean all white men, or yellow men, or red men, or brown men, or black men—but all men. We believe the apostle Peter when he said, "I perceive of a truth that of one blood of God creates all men." Mark you, again, all men. And, we believe in the sentiments of the Scotch poet, "A man's a man, for a that, and a that." They have said that when the Negro became educated, went into business, owned property and had a bank account, he would come into his own. But they now say that education and wealth only unfit him for the place they have so carefully fixed and provided for him in our body politic. Of our religion, they say it is purely emotional without any deep set principles, or fixity of purpose. I do not believe that education, wealth, or even Christianity, alone, will solve our problem. This is our problem, ours by inheritance, ours by environment, and ours for solution. I believe that the above mentioned elements or equations, if harmoniously blended and correctly pursued, will in the end give the disired result. The arrows of calumny and proscription have been dipped in the poison of vituperation; and, with flendish vindictiveness are hurled at our torn and bleeding bosoms—but while hope holds out and faith fails not, we shall press on with renewed zeal, undiscouraged, undismayed, ever looking for the rift and silver lining in the darkest clouds o'er shadowing our pathway. The Highland avenue Baptist Literary Society holds its regular meetings every Monday evening and requests the presence of literary lovers. AGENTS WANTED FOR THE RISING SON IN AND OUT OF TOWN. LIBERAL . COMMISSION. . NEWSBOYS WANTED TO CARRY THE SON. CALL AT 914 E. 12TH AND WE WILL PUT YOU TO WORK. INDUSTRIOUS YOUNG MEN. NO OTHERS NEED APPLY. An Inapt Comparison An Inapt Comparison. "He looks like a Greek god," said the girl who raves. "I shouldn't say that," replied Miss Cayenne. 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